diff --git a/app/views/help/markdown.html.haml b/app/views/help/markdown.html.haml
index 15ad4a5b06b..0644ede3e9f 100644
--- a/app/views/help/markdown.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/help/markdown.html.haml
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@
for commits
-# this example will only be shown if the user has a project with at least one issue
- - if project = current_user.projects.first
- - if issue = project.issues.first
- %p For example in your #{link_to project.name, project_path(project)} project something like
+ - if @project = current_user.projects.first
+ - if issue = @project.issues.first
+ %p For example in your #{link_to @project.name, project_path(@project)} project something like
%pre= "This is related to ##{issue.id}. @#{current_user.name} is working on solving it."
%p becomes
= markdown "This is related to ##{issue.id}. @#{current_user.name} is working on solving it."